Kevin Christensen
Software Engineer at WhatsApp Inc.
Mountain View, California, United States
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Top SchoolKevin Christensen is a seasoned Software Engineer with 14 years of experience building Android apps and internal tooling at WhatsApp, based in Mountain View. He combines deep practical skills across PHP, Java, JavaScript, databases and modern web frameworks with hands-on mobile development expertise. At WhatsApp he progressed from managing complex support automation and training materials to leading Android platform work and shipping production apps. His background in translation and Japanese studies informs a pragmatic, user-focused approach to internationalization and cross-cultural product issues. Known for streamlining support workflows through scripts, plugins and internal tools, he excels at turning support insights into durable engineering solutions.
14 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
A.A, General, A.A, General at Pierce Community CollegeExchange, Japanese Culture and Language, Exchange, Japanese Culture and Language at Doshisha UniversityBachelor's degree, Japanese, Bachelor's degree, Japanese at University of California, Santa Barbara
English, Japanese
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Github Skills (95)
python10
qmk-firmware10
automation10
vite-react10
arduino-library10
home-assistant10
mqtt10
keyboard10
home-automation10
garden10
iot10
internet-of-things10
usb10
asyncio10
privacy10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
nivekmai/snapmaker-prusa
Apr 2021 - Jan 2022
Profiles for Prusa slicer which are designed for the Snapmaker 2.0
Contributions:21 commits, 4 PRs, 21 pushes in 8 months
prusaslicersnapmaker
nivekmai/speech-recognition
Oct 2018 - Apr 2021
Contributions:7 PRs, 10 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 5 months
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